goose egg

as in nothing
the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it was such a bad bowler that his final score was a big, fat goose egg

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Recent Examples of goose egg Prior to Sunday, Courtland Sutton was a No. 1 receiver whose time in Denver was winding down — a goose egg at New Orleans serving as the latest bit of evidence. Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2024 Remember that goose egg for Founding Farmers years ago? Anna Spiegel, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024 Given that the price is the same goose egg as firewall plus antivirus, don't bother. PCMAG, 25 July 2024 Northwest Arkansas companies got a big goose egg in terms of venture capital during the second quarter, according to PitchBook data shared with us. Worth Sparkman, Axios, 17 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for goose egg
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Noun
  • My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • That pitcher would preferably sign a contract without too many zeros and commas.
    Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • That is a 1 followed by 78 zeros, which is unimaginably far into the future.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 May 2025

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“Goose egg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose%20egg. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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